Immortality: Raising an Ant Queen to Cultivate by increasing stat points - Chapter 146

146Chapter 141 Second Martial Skill i

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He vaulted onto the back of the Pig King with a leap.

Since he was charging head-on at the Pig King, he ended up riding backwards on its back.

The Pig King stood only as tall as his chest, but its body length was close to ten feet, at least eight or nine feet long. Broad as a door.

Once he mounted its back, the beast immediately tried to bite him, but with such a short neck and limited mobility, it couldn’t reach him at all.

So, it began to twist its body frantically, trying to throw him off.

Qin Niu watched as five or six Pig Guards rushed past him. He didn’t hurry to deal with the Pig King. Instead, he clamped his legs tight on the Pig King’s waist and swung his sword at the Pig Guards brushing past the beast.

[You have comprehended the Sweeping Strike martial skill! This is a Group Killing Martial Skill that can attack enemies in a straight line.]

Three Pig Guards were struck by his Treasured Sword on their buttocks or waists and ran off screaming in pain. However, after charging some distance away, they quickly turned around to prepare for a second collective charge at the powerful human.

The injured wild boars became even more ferocious.

By this time, Qin Niu was free to strike at the Pig King.

He mercilessly chopped at the left hind leg of the Pig King.

Puh!

With one strike, he achieved an Explosive Slash Effect.

The pig’s leg was almost completely severed, hanging by just a layer of skin.

Qin Niu dealt with the Black Bear in the same way.

Facing creatures with four legs, he aimed to render them legless, and they would become subdued.

During the chop, he distinctly felt the pig’s skin was extremely tough and elastic, like sturdy leather. A portion of the attack rebounded off the blade.

That made his heart leap with joy.

The pig’s teeth were hard, and its skin was unexpectedly firm.

After slaughtering this Pig King, at least a full set of superior leather armor could be crafted. Given its enormous size, the excess hide could even be used to make a set for Xiao Qing as well.

When one of the Pig King’s legs was cut-off, half of its body immediately collapsed.

It let out a painful pig scream.

Taking advantage of its agony and inability to thrash or jump around, Qin Niu quickly shifted his position.

Now, he was properly seated atop the Pig King.

The beast’s head, neck, front limbs, and heart were all within his striking range.

Faced with such an opportunity, he showed no mercy.

He thrust his sword directly and fiercely towards the Pig King’s heart.

To his surprise, it barely pierced about half an inch.

He encountered strong resistance.

Even though it was a difficult spot to strike, with his level of skill, combined with the power of the Treasured Sword, he should have been able to impale it through.

“Such tough skin, an absolute treasure!”

Qin Niu’s unsuccessful strike actually made him even happier.

However, the last strike pained the wild pig so much that it cried out like it was being slaughtered. It turned its head trying to bite at him.

Maimed on its left hind leg and unable to support its weight, it sat down on the ground.

“I’ll sever another one of your limbs!”

As the words fell, so did the sword.

A flash of cold light streaked through the air as the Treasured Sword, trailed by dazzling Blade Qi, struck the Pig King’s right front leg.

No other reason than that it just felt more natural to do so.

Almost everyone’s right hand is stronger and more agile than their left.

Puh!

“Ao…”

The Pig King let out another pitiful cry.

Its right front limb was severed, causing it to completely lose its balance and collapse to the ground.

At that point, it sensed death and overwhelming fear.

It struggled to push off the ground with its long snout in an attempt to stand up.

But Qin Niu did not give it any chance to live.

Another ruthless chop targeted its neck.

The pig’s skin was so tough that the sword only cut an inch or so deep.

It might have been an illusion, but there seemed to be a faint dark yellow glow emanating from the place where the blade struck its neck.

Qin Niu had long anticipated that it would not be killed with a single blow.

He withdrew the sword quickly, shifting his stance, then savagely struck again. The entire slaughter of the Pig King was as swift as lightning, as fierce as a tiger.

The second strike landed precisely where the first had hit.

And it triggered the Explosive Slash Effect again.

With the Treasured Sword growing stronger, the chance for Explosive Slash seemed to have increased slightly.

Crack!

The neck was cleanly severed, including the entire spine, snapped in two.

Blood spurted, the beast could no longer make a sound.

It might have been because the nerves had been severed.

Qin Niu was like a killing god, his gaze fixed on the Pig Guards charging towards him.

All these were indeed silver money, and he did not mind slaughtering a few more.

To his surprise, as soon as the Pig King fell, they immediately turned tail and scattered. It was truly a case of “when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter.”

It was good that they ran.

He lay on the ground, drinking the Pig King’s blood in large gulps. It was somewhat sweet and fishy, with a hint of saltiness.

It was chiefly because drinking the blood of that old wolf for the first time had brought him tremendous benefits.

That had made him particularly fond of beast blood.

After he had his fill, he quickly ran back to the camphor tree where the Ant Nest was, dug out an empty jar, and collected some pig blood.

This was from a Pig King, after all; its beast blood couldn’t be too bad.

He planned to use it to nurture the bees and termites.

He felt that nurturing the Queen Bee was much more difficult.

Termites were not picky eaters, they could eat almost anything, and their conversion effect was also very good.

Feeding them bear blood in the beginning and nurturing the powerful Worker and Soldier Ants, to this day, still amazed Qin Niu.

The fresh blood of the Pig King had almost stopped flowing.

Qin Niu, holding the jar, returned to the entrance of the Ant Nest, only to find the Ant Queen had already survived the most difficult hurdle.

She must have laid quite a few eggs, which saved her from bursting and dying.

Her survival also allowed Qin Niu, her master, to heave a sigh of relief.

Although he had great confidence when nurturing the Ant Queen, he still feared something might go wrong.

Fortunately, the most difficult hurdle was finally overcome.

” Fourth, summon all the Worker Ants.”

He called out Fourth and the other Worker Ants and fed them some of the Pig King’s blood.

He did not expect these mature Worker Ants to evolve, but after eating it, they would definitely feed the young ants.

This could potentially cause the young ants to mutate or evolve.

Unfortunately, the Ant Queen could not be fed for the time being.

In his eyes, the ultimate goal of nurturing all the termites was to strengthen the Ant Queen.

By nurturing other termites, he could gain experience in cultivation.

And he could afford a lower cost of trial and error.

Like with nurturing the Ant Queen this time, he first experimented with various termites to ensure safety, yet he was still worried.

Only after experimenting with the Queen Bee and then with a Breeder Ant, and succeeding with both, did he decide to nurture the Ant Queen.

It seemed casual, but he was actually extremely cautious and careful at every step.

Qin Niu instructed Fourth and the rest of the Worker Ants to carefully transport the Ant Queen back to the depths of the nest. He also reminded Fourth to strengthen the defense in the next few days, until the Ant Queen completed her evolution.

After taking care of the termite matters, Qin Niu looked at Xiao Nui, who was still sound asleep, and the two wild pigs that had been slaughtered.

The Pig King probably weighed over eight hundred jin, while the large wild pig weighed more than four hundred jin.

Transporting these two huge fattened pigs and a small water buffalo back home in one trip was nearly impossible.

Qin Niu made a decision.

He would drag them in turns.

First, he carried the immobile Xiao Nui, and then he dragged the four- hundred-jin wild pig forward.

After covering some distance, he’d set them down and go back for the Pig King.

So, step by step, he made his way out of the mountains.

Because he had specifically told Xiao Qing not to enter the mountain to look for him before leaving, he did not see her looking for her master this time.

Qin Niu was somewhat relieved.

Children act on impulse without considering the consequences, which could easily lead to danger.

Although she now had the cultivation of a mortal at the Twofold peak and was about to break through to Threefold, her strength was still weak.

In the sky, the moon was bright amidst sparse stars.

The village was tranquil.

Qin Niu could see a light flickering in front of Xie Laizi’s house from afar.

As he got closer, the light beamed towards him.

“Is that the master?”

Xiao Qing’s youthful voice carried a tinge of nervousness and anticipation.

“It’s me! Xiao Qing!”

Qin Niu felt a warm glow in his heart, the feeling of being cared for and being missed was truly wonderful.

On the surface, he seemed to be basking in endless glory, having become the person with the highest status in Shuangfeng Village.

But he too needed kinship, friendship, and love; he did not relish loneliness and coldness.

“Master, it really is you! That’s great!”

Hearing that it was indeed his voice, Xiao Qing was overjoyed.

She dashed towards Qin Niu at full speed.